Manhattan Prep Flashcards
confabulated
made up through fabrications
avowed
declared or stated assuredly
limpid
calm or without worry
fervent
enthusiastic or passionate
scrimping
sparing
repose
lay at rest
galvanize
excite, stimulate into activity
cogitation
intense thinking or meditation.
complaisance
tractability, the quality of complying with others’ wishes
obviate
prevent, make unnecessary
proscribe
prohibit
absconding
to make off with, leave hurriedly or secretly, clear out
sententious
tending to use maxims or aphorisms (short observations about truth), moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
sanctimonious
making a show of being morally superior to other people
tacit
implied but not expressed
abet
support an action, especially something illegal
sequestered
isolated and hidden away
confluence
coming together
occlusion
blockage
sophistry
deceptive reasoning
demagoguery
gaining power by arousing passions or appeal; trickery
browbeating
bullying
idolatry
extreme admiration
feigned
invented, made up
mephitic
foul or offensive smell
prophylactic
acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective
felicitous
pleasing and fortunate
bifurcation
division of something into two parts
supposition
an uncertain belief
depredated
plundered
to excise
to remove something
pulchritude
physical beauty or loveliness
trenchant
vigorous or incisive in expression or style,” being sharp
descry
catch sight of, notice
bromide
a commonplace or boring, trite
complicit
involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong
bathetic
characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal
heterodox
contrary to accepted or approved beliefs,
insensate
“without feeling” or “without sense, understanding, or judgment.”
incommutable
“not exchangeable” or “unalterable”
inconsequential
“unimportant, trivial, insignificant” or “illogical.”
meek
timid, shy
requite
to repay or reciprocate
bridle
to control or restrain
retrench
reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty
shirk
to avoid one’s work or duties
protract
prolong
reconnoitered
surveyed or explored the field
prototypical
a model on which something is based
palatial
resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid
subjugate
conquer, bring under domination or control, especially by conquest
reprehensible
deserving censure or condemnation, disgraceful
supererogatory
an action performed beyond what is expected or required
etiolated
weaken or drain of vigor
assuage
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
aver
assert to be the case
remunerate
pay
beguile
to charm, possibly deceptively
salubrious
health-giving; healthy
succinctly
briefly
impinge upon
infringe on, have a bad effect on
disconsolate
very unhappy
inveterate
habitual
fatuous
complacently foolish
halycon
peaceful, prosperous
scotched
ended
impartiality
fairness
partiality
bias
gallantry
dashing courage
asperity
harsh in tone
forestalled
hindered
coddled
treated with excessive care, pampered
palatable
acceptable
erudite
showing great knowlege
revel
to delight in
peruse
examine, read carefully
misanthropic
hatred toward human kind
hedonistic
pleasure seeker
nefarious
evil
feckless
lazy
nugatory
ineffective, trifiling
exacting
demanding
nebulous
vague
squalid
dirty or foul
sullied
dirty or soiled
transient
short time
foil
prevent success of
reverence
deep respect
uncanny
mysterious, almost supernatural
blasphemous
no respect
profane
no respect, vulgar
runic
mysterious
recalicitrant
resisiting authority
begrudging
envious, resentful
concilatory
attempt to win over
vicissitude
change of circumstances (usually for the worse)
equanimity
calmness and composure
eulogistically
in a praising way
extempore
without preparation
protracted
prolonged
attenuated
made thin, weak
abridged
shortened
tangential
only slightly connected
pertinent
relevant
noisome
unpleasant
cohesive
well put together
convoluted
complex
obfuscating
making unclear
inveighing
write with hostility
painstakingly
carefully (through hard work)
benevolent
kind
obtrusive
noticeable in a unpleasant way
deleterious
harmful
blunt
direct, insensitive, abrupt
discerning
showing good judgement
exiguous
small, scanty, inadequate
patronize
treat in a condescending manner
levity
lightness in manner, frivolous
excoriated
criticized, attacked
relish
enjoy
assailed
attacked
capricious
sudden changes in mood
unsparing
merciless, severe
bewildering
confusing
peddle
sell
indulgent
decadent, culture decline
blithe
careless
insipid
lacking flavor, lacking interest
acquiesced to
agree to
bristled at
showing anger
nascent
naive, just coming to existence
quietus
period of retirement
sinecure
job requiring little work
interregnum
interuption
potlatch
wild party
rota
work in rotation
indolence
laziness, avoiding activity
feign
pretend to be affected by something
irreconcilable
so different, cannot be compatible
circumspect
careful, not willing to take risks
purge
clean, purify
trifling
trivial, without seriousness, frivolous
diachronic
occurring across time
skullduggery
unfair, dishonest
bedlam
full of noise, confusions, lacking order
aggrandize
increase power of, lionize
indict
accuse formally, criticize
staid
sedate, respectable, unadventurous
waggish
humorous in a playful way
stentorian
loud and powerful
palliate
partially exuse
malfeasance
wrong doing
substantiate
validate, proof with evidence
innuendo
indirect information
overt
obvious
creed
a set of principles
geniality
agreeable, kind
fraudulent
intended to deceive
enigma
puzzling
gentry
high social class
vassal
loyal to feudal lord
bromide
commonplace, boring
tenebrous
difficult to understand
pertinacious
firmly held
intractable
hard to control
mirthful
high spirited
vapid
flat, bland, uninteresting
mote
small piece, speck
imploded
collapse
contracted
reduced to smaller size
turbid
unclear, murky
multifarious
various types, eclectic
rebuffed
rejected
exigent
demanding, urgent
“summary decision”
immediate direct prompt decision
